Independent Fundamentalist Family - Religious Group Timeline Association
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Events
| Event | Introduction | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Rogers Elected as President of the Southern Baptist Convention | In 1979, Baptist conservatives elected Adrian Rogers as president of the Southern Baptist Convention as the first part of a takeover strategy. | |
| Baptist Bible Union | The Baptist Bible Union was a fundamentalist association of churches which had separated from the Northern Baptist Convention in 1923. | |
| Bible Baptist Fellowship | The Bible Baptist Fellowship formed after a split with J. Frank Norris in 1950 and became the largest association of independent Baptists in America. | |
| Billy Graham Holds First Integrated Crusade in Chattanooga, TN | In 1953, Billy Graham's decision to hold an integrated crusade in the South helped shift racial attitudes among white evangelicals. | |
| Billy Graham's Los Angeles Crusade | Billy Graham's Los Angeles Crusade (1949) catapulted the southern evangelist into the national spotlight for the first time. | |
| Billy Graham's New York Crusade | In 1957, Billy Graham's New York Crusade became his largest American revival campaign with more than two million attendees. | |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America | William Bell Riley, fundamentalist minister and Bible college president, led the Minnesota Baptist Convention out of the Northern Baptist Convention in 1947. | |
| Harry Emerson Fosdick Preaches "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?" | In 1922, Harry Emerson Fosdick's sermon accused fundamentalists of being "essentially illiberal and intolerant." His subsequent dismissal made Fosdick a martyr for liberal mainline Christianity. | |
| Jerry Falwell Helps Found the Moral Majority | With the help of Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell in 1979, the founding of the Moral Majority would later influence Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. | |
| Liberty University | Jerry Falwell founded the small Lynchburg Baptist College in 1971, which would grow into the largest private, nonprofit university in America by the 2010s. | |
| National Association of Evangelicals Founded | The National Association of Evangelicals was founded in 1942 to provide representation for evangelicals in Washington, D.C., and with the broadcasting industry. | |
| Publication of Scofield Reference Bible | The Scofield Reference Bible, first published by Oxford University Press in 1909, would sell two million copies by the end of World War II. | |
| Ralph Elliott Fired in the "Genesis" Controversy | When Southern Baptist seminary professor Ralph Elliott challenged the historicity of Genesis, conservatives forced him to resign (1962), foreshadowing the conservative resurgence in the SBC. | |
| Scopes Trial | The Scopes Trial (1925) highlighted the tension between literal interpretations of creation accounts in the Bible and evolutionary theory in the 20th century. |
Biographies
| Name | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Falwell, Jerry | Jerry Falwell (1933-2007) was an evangelical pastor who aired the popular program "The Old-Time Gospel Hour" and helped found the Moral Majority. |
| Fuller, Charles Edward | Charles Fuller (1887-1968) was a prominent evangelist on the popular evangelical radio show "The Old Fashioned Revival Hour" and founded Fuller Theological Seminary. |
| Graham, William "Billy" | Billy Graham (1918-2018) was the preeminent evangelist of the second half of the 20th century, preaching to millions in the United States and abroad. |
| LaHaye, Timothy "Tim" | Tim LaHaye (1926-present) is a famous evangelical pastor/author, known for co-authoring the Left Behind series and authoring one of the first evangelical sex manuals. |
| Moody, Dwight L. | Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) was a 19th century Protestant revivalist, whose popularity led to the Moody Bible Institute and the growth of fundamentalism. |
| Norris, John Frank | John Frank Norris (1877-1952) was a controversial Baptist pastor, famous for preaching against modernist interpretations of the Bible. |
| Riley, William Bell | William Bell Riley (1861-1947) was a fundamentalist pastor who formed the World's Christian Fundamentals Association, fought teachings of evolution, and founded the Northwestern Bible School. |
